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Endangered axolotl release raises hopes for rare amphibian

Study provides hope for future of the axolotl amphibian, pushed to the brink of extinction in Mexico.

From the BBC News-2025-4-30:14:6:1


Researchers want public's help to monitor St. Lawrence River with DNA found in water samples

Espace pour la vie and Génome Québec are teaming up for the community science project. They're asking people near Tadoussac, Cacouna, Rimouski and La Malbaie to collect water samples which they'll use to check the health of organisms in the St. Lawrence River.

From the CBC News-2025-4-28:8:5:1


Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction - now the movement has gone deeper underground

Climate activists may be going deeper underground.

From the BBC News-2025-4-24:20:6:1


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The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie, by Richard Dawkins, from Yale University Press. (May 3).

Human Dispersal, Human Evolution, and the Sea: The Palaeolithic Seafaring Debate, by John F. Cherry, and Thomas P. Leppard, from University Press of Colorado. (Apr 26).

Neuroepigenetics Mechanisms in Health and Disease, by Brigitte van Zundert (Editor), Martin Montecino (Editor), from Springer Nature. (Apr 12).


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